A lot of businesses rely on seasonal employees from time to time — particularly during the holidays. If you’re a seasonal worker, you know that your employer needs you and that you’re just as valuable as the employees who are there all year. Your employer, however, may beg to differ if you get injured on the job. Employers are often…
The holidays bring to mind happiness, kindness, fun and many other positive associations. It is a time for making memories and sharing love with family and friends. However, the season also brings multiple risks as you go about your holiday activities. These dangers can easily turn a joyous moment into a horrific disaster that ends in high medical bills and…
Health care workers are more in demand, especially at the nursing home level. That’s because the Baby Boomers, still the most significant demographic age group in the country, are retiring and needing extra care. Working for nursing homes and assisted living facilities can be rewarding, but it can also be a hotbed of work-related injuries. Worker injuries in nursing homes often…
When you decided to become a nurse, chances are, you did so because you have an innate desire to help those who are struggling or ailing. Regrettably, however, the nursing profession can be a highly dangerous one, and as someone who makes your living caring for others, you face specific job-related hazards that can hurt you or cause you hardship.…
Nobody goes into work expecting to be the victim of an assault — but it does happen from time to time. There are actually a number of common ways that a deliberate assault, not an accident, can end up as part of a workers’ compensation claim. They include: 1. You were assaulted by a customer This is, unfortunately, a problem…
What happens when you’re hurt in a workplace accident and your employer tries to steer you to a doctor of his or her choosing? Don’t you have the right to choose your own doctor? Actually, you do — at least to a certain extent. According to the rules established by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) in Ohio, you have…
It’s estimated that, at most, only two percent of all workers’ compensation claims involve some kind of fraud. However, insurance companies often view every claim as if it is potentially suspicious. Workers can protect themselves from unnecessary scrutiny by knowing the signs that insurance investigators believe indicate fraud and knowing what to do instead. 1. Report your injury immediately. A…
While America’s not at the stage (yet) where every office job can be done entirely from home, more and more workers are performing their jobs out of home offices at least part of the time. If you’re one of them, don’t be fooled into believing that you don’t qualify for workers’ compensation when you’re injured on the job. Here’s what…
Whether you call it a tennis elbow or a PlayStation thumb, repetitive strain injuries are no fun — and they commonly afflict workers in modern offices. What’s so hard about typing on a keyboard or clicking a mouse all day? Nothing — except that doing it over and over again puts a tremendous amount of cumulative pressure and strain on…